Download (video game)
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Developer(s) | Alfa System |
Publisher(s) | NEC Avenue |
Producer(s) | Toshio Tabeta |
Artist(s) | Masaomi Kanzaki |
Writer(s) | Ken Ohmori |
Composer(s) | Yasuhiko Fukuda |
Series | Down Load |
Platform(s) | PC Engine |
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Genre(s) | Horizontal-scrolling shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Down Load[a] is a 1990 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game published by NEC Avenue for the PC Engine.[1][2] It was followed by Download 2 and also inspired an anime OVA.
Gameplay
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Down Load is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game.
Development and release
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While most text in the game is in Japanese, it includes infamous examples of "Engrish."[3][4]
Reception
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At the time of its release, the Famitsu review staff gave the title average ratings, complimenting its presentation and cutscenes.[5] Player One published a highly positive review, lauding its animation and gameplay. [6] Hardcore Gaming 101 regarded the game as one of the best Japan-exclusive shooters for the PC Engine, noting nevertheless that subsequent levels are not as good as the first level.[7]
Notes
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[edit]- ^ "Download". The PC Engine Software Bible. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "DOWNLOAD". Video Game Den. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "This Be Bad Translation #04, Download!". Legends of Localization. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Download". SHMUPS!. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Famitsu (104 ed.). Japan. 6 July 1990. p. 17. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Player One (1 ed.). France. September 1990. p. 50. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Download". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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